Eros the Bittersweet

Name: Eros the Bittersweet
Author: Anne Carson
ISBN: 9781628973860

Anne Carson

Paperback · Deep Vellum Publishing

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A book about romantic love, Eros is Anne Carson's exploration of the concept of "eros" in both classical philosophy and literature. Beginning with, "It was Sappho who first called eros 'bittersweet.' No one who has been in love disputes her," Carson examines her subject from numerous points of view, creating a lyrical meditation in the tradition of William Carlos Williams's Spring and All and William H. Gass's On Being Blue.

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